"We let the pressure of the tournament setting get to us a little bit," said senior infielder Jessica Bump. "It's not really something we focus on, but we've learned from it. I think this year we're really going to take this 'one step at a time' mentality and not really think about getting ahead of ourselves."

"We kind of let our emotions get to us during the tournament and we learned a lot from that," said head coach Michelle Burrell "We're looking to build off of that experience and I think we'll be in a better spot if we get back there this year."